#people who do not experience racial/ethnic minoritization ime almost always tell you you’re being overdramatic | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

quicktimeeventfull · 1 year ago

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truly one of the most frustrating things about being minoritized & in particular racially minoritized is the absolutely unhinged paranoia of ‘is this actually bad or am i just wildly misinterpreting the circumstance’ that it generates in you. like you kind of have to be on guard but sometimes you overcorrect. and other times you convince yourself you were just being paranoid when you were in fact correct. ime the latter is much more common but it’s not universally the case SO what are you supposed to do u know. what’s the solution here.

#it is extremely helpful to have a friend who is also minoritized in a similar way #people who do not experience racial/ethnic minoritization ime almost always tell you you’re being overdramatic #i actually really hate the term ‘microaggressions’ bc like it is descriptive and useful #but also it allows people to treat it as something separate from racism #which usually it kind of isn’t #like people treat it as a way to grade the severity of racism and dismiss anything at the lower end #ANYWAY japan travel season & new anime season is upon us i am begging everyone to be normal gfhkghjgjfhf #<edward said voice> orientalism is rather than expresses a desire to learn

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